![]() Part story of the human past, part soap opera of modern scholarly life, part textbook on the practice of modern archaeology, this book should appeal to general readers and archaeological students alike. Balter, the excavation’s official biographer, is a fine storyteller and reporter. The result is a skillful telling of many stories about both past and present: of the inhabitants of Neolithictalh y k and the development of human creativity and ingenuity, as revealed in the recent excavation of James Mellaart, the original excavator, whose troubles off the mound eventually overshadowed his incisive work at the site of Hodder and his intense, brilliant crew who marveled and squabbled over the meaning of finds in dusty trenches while attempting to reintepret Mellaart's work and of the recent history of the theory and methods of archaeology itself. THE GODDESS AND THE BULL ÇATALHÖYÜK: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNEY TO THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION. Archaeological maverick Ian Hodder, leader of the recent re-excavation at this Turkish mound, designated Balter as the project's biographer. ![]() ![]() First excavated forty years ago, the site is justly revered by prehistorians, art historians, and New Age goddess worshippers alike for its spectacular finds dating almost 10,000 years ago. The Goddess and the Bull is the wonderful true story of one of the largest and most populated Neolithic settlements. The Goddess and the Bull: atalhyk: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of. Veteran science writer Michael Balter skillfully weaves together many threads in this fascinating book about one of archaeology's most legendary sitestalh y k. ![]()
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